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rĕ-pulso , āre, 1,
I.v. freq. [id.], to drive back or beat back again, to repel again and again.
I. Lit.: “civitas eloquiis caelestibus magis quam corporis voluptatibus hostiles impetus repulsare consueta,” Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 37 fin.—
II. Transf.: “colles verba repulsantes,” re-echoing, Lucr. 4, 579.—
III. Trop.: “vera repulsans pectus dicta,” Lucr. 4, 914.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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